Swing



May 15, 1934' w. R. McGowEN I l,959,032

SWING Filed OO'. 27, 1932 INVENTOR .W

Patented May' 1 5, 1934'v .I Lesson UNlTE Latam swmo wuuam n. meoowen, .Piusbrgn ra., mto The Mamy Companmrittsbm'gh, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application mm 27, 1982, sex-m No. 8899185 My invention relates to swings and more particularly to those of the glider type.

One object of my invention is to provide a swing or glider of such form that it has smoother 5 movement t varioustypes of swings heretofore produced.

Another object of my invention is to provide a swing wherein friction such as results in squeaking is avoided.

w Still another object of my invention is to provide a swing wherein there is more effective resistance to side sway than in swings of various other yg ne form which my invention may take is shown w in the accompanyins drawina' wherein Figura 1 is a face view of the swing, and Fig. 2 is an end elevationai view ther'eof.

The swing is shown as mounted upon a stationary support that compriscs end frames, each of which has a base bar 4 and uprights or posts 5. The basehars are connected by a tie bar 6 that is secured in place at its ends by bolts '7, the tie bar being curled at its ends to form eyes through which the holt-s 'i extend. The holts '7 also extend through the lower end of a hrace bar or pair of brace bars d of V form, so that such bars 8 will serve as trusses.

The upper ends of the brace bars are bolted or riveted to the legs 5, and a top rail 9 is also bolted to the upper ends of the posts 5. The mld portion of each rail 9 is depressed relative to its end portions which are downturned, for a reason to he hereinafter explained.

A seat frame is suspended'from the stationary raiis 9 by means of spring steel strips or other flexible bars 10, placed at each corner of the structure. The seat structure proper consists of a pair of arm rails 11 which are curled at their upper ends to form eyes for the reception of a cross bar 12 whose ends are detachahly secured to the upper ends of the arm rails 11 in any suitable manner, as for instance, one of the ways shown in my copendng application No. 575,761, filed Nov.

18, 1931 now lPatent No. Lgtidnfg.

The forward ends of the side arms 11 are bent downwardly and bolted to front legs 13, the -upper ends of said legs being curled to form eyes for the reception. of a detachably connected cross bar 14. A canvas or similar strip 15 has its ends looped around the cross bars 12 and 14 and fastened-in place, and a seat cushion 16 is placed on the seating strip 15.

Rear legs 17 have their upperends connected t the horizontal portions of the arm bars 11 and are braced with respect to the front legs by means of tie rods 18.

The legs 13 and 17 are bent laterally at their lower ends as shown more clearly in Fig. 1, and are' respectively rigidly secured to the lower'ends W of the hanger straps 10, the upper ends of said straps being'similarly rigidly secured to the ends of the bars 9.

Depression of the mid-portion of the top rails 9 avoids interference with a. sitter's arm which rests on the horizontal portions ofthe rails 11, while the bending up of the ends of the top rails permits the use of longer hanger strips 10 than would bethe case if the top rails 9 were disposed entirely in a plane below the arm rests 11.

' I have found `that the use of spring metal straps 10 as hangers produces a smoother swinging action than chains or pivoted hangers, besides which, squeaking noises are avoided. When the swing is set in motion, the Springs lo are placed under tension at each end of its path of oscillation, so that they exert a push or thrust tending to start movement of the swing in 'the opposite direction. In the ordinary type of swing, return movement is delayed somewhat, because W such movement is dependent entirely upon the action of gravity, unless the operator employs manual force. rl`his is, of course, particularly true at the end ofthe hackward.movemeniI of the swing, at which stage no means are commonly provided for the exertion of manual force. Another advantage of the Springs strips 10 is that, being disposed in planes parallel to the face of the structure, they resist end'sway of the swing even under unbalanced weight.

The stationary frame structure can be readily disassembled and'paclred for shipment or storage by removing the bolts 7 and certain of the holts which secure the steel strips 10 in place, to thereby disassemble the end frames and the tie har W 6. The seat structure can be disassembledby disconnecting the cross bars 12 and 14 from the' side arms and legs of the seat.

I claim as my inventiom- 1. Swing structure cornprisingv stationary end 1W.:

frame's, a seat disposed in a generally horizontal z plane approximately midway between the upper and lower edges of said frames, a member carried by each corner of the seat and extending downwardly to a point adjacent to, but above, 108

i of one ,of said members and -its upper end rigidly connected to a top portion of the end frames, Vthe 110 hangers being of fiat spring material and disposed in planes approximately parallel .to lthe front of the seat.

2. Swing structure comprising stationary end frames', a seat disposed in a generally horizontai plane approximately midway between the upper and lower edges of said frames, a leg memb'er carried by each corner of. the seat and extending downwardly to a point adjacent to, but above. the bottom portions of the end frames, and vertically-extending strap-like hangers each having its lower end rigidly connected to a leg memher and its upper end rigidly connected to a top portion of the end frames, the hangers being of flat spring material and disposed in planes approximately parallel to the front of the seat, and the lower ends of the legs being laterally turned at their points of connection to the hangei's, so that each pair of front and rear hangers will be disposed in the plane of its associated end frame. p

3. Swing structure comprlsing stationary end frames, a seat disposed between the frames and having an arm rest at each end thereof, a member at each corner of the seat and extending downwardly a distance not substantially less than the distance between the seat and the arm rest, and vertically-extending Strap-like hangers of spring material, each rigidly connected at its lower end to one of said members, and a't its upper end rigidly connected to an end frame at a point not materially lower than the adjacent arm rest. v

4. swing structure comprising stationary end 

